Samuel Adams really outdid themselves with this one. Reminds me of the highly ranked APAs, especially due to it's tropical nature. I'm convinced that if this wasn't a Sam Adams beer it would be rated 10 points higher. Recommendable.

Pours a brilliant golden light copper with a frothy half inch cream head that dissipates slowly, leaving sheets of lacing.

Aroma is evident as soon as the bottle is opened, with resiny and piney hops jumping to the forefront. Catty and dank notes mingle with grapefruit and lightly sweet caramel malt, adding complexity. Onion surfaces as it warms.

Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL has a very thick, off-white head, a mostly clear, orange-golden appearance, streaming bubbles, and a lot of thick lacing left behind on the glass. The aroma is sharp- strong, citrusy hop oil and some sweet bread. Taste is of sweet bread, strong hop oil, and a bit of citrus juice. It is pleasantly bitter. The mouthfeel is medium, and Samuel Adams Double Agent IPL finishes crisp, refreshing, dry, and drinkable. Another winner from Boston Beer Company, this one is great!

T - Matches the nose with juicy citrus hops, tangerine, orange, and ruby grapefruit. Dried strawberries, pineapple, in a lager? Grassy/pine hops mix in creating some stickiness. Caramel malts add a very balanced sweetness and round out the hops. Firm bitterness with a long dry finish.

This is a double agent! This lager is bursting with fruit flavor. This could easily pass as an ale. Tons of flavor packed into a sessionable 5.00 ABV. This is one of the most impressive beers I've had this year. Hats off to Jim Koch for this awesome beer.

I poured this average beer IPA whatever!! into my tumbler at 45 degrees. To my delight it poured a monster creamy head that piled up over the rim of the glass. The 2nd Sam Adams of the night to do so! The beer was a goldy straw color. The smell was defiantly piney as suggested on the bottle. More like a spruce I would say. The head went away very fast as did my liking of the beer. Way too hoppy. I will not buy again.

Taste - As with the nose, the flavor is hop forward, hitting on moderate grapefruit and orange zest. Nearly absent malt character, comes through very faintly with a grainy quality. Not much variance from start to finish. Just a simple, straight forward profile.

Overall - True to it's name, though it sounds better than what's actually presented here. Malts are near absent, and when presented with the forward citrus hop profile, it comes across as somewhat hollow. All in all, it's decent, but if I'm looking for a hoppy brew, I'm reaching for an assertive APA or a nice IPA.

12 oz bottle. Pours deep golden with long lasting, foamy, white head and lively carbonation. Aroma is of orange, citrusy hops and bready malt. Body is medium and slightly crisp. Citrusy hops, bready and caramel malt some cotton candy fill the moth. Finish is long IPA like. There is some mismatch of flavors but, on the whole, it is good brew.